A New Dictionary of Quotations from the Greek, Latin, and Modern LanguagesJ. B. Lippincott & Company, 1869 - 527 Seiten |
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... Pass thy days in a state of [ comparative ] obscurity . " Bene si amico feceris , ne pigeat fecisse , Ut potius pudeat , si non feceris . Lat . PLAUTUS.- " If you have acted kindly to your friend , do not regret that you have done so ...
... Pass thy days in a state of [ comparative ] obscurity . " Bene si amico feceris , ne pigeat fecisse , Ut potius pudeat , si non feceris . Lat . PLAUTUS.- " If you have acted kindly to your friend , do not regret that you have done so ...
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... pass with impunity . " ì W Caxa de consolidacion . Span .— “ The sinking fund . ” C'è da fare pur tutto , diceva colui , che ferrava l'occa . Ital . prov.- " That's doing something , as the man said who was shoeing a goose . " He that ...
... pass with impunity . " ì W Caxa de consolidacion . Span .— “ The sinking fund . ” C'è da fare pur tutto , diceva colui , che ferrava l'occa . Ital . prov.- " That's doing something , as the man said who was shoeing a goose . " He that ...
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... pass some day or other : All in good time . ” Cela vient comme marée en carême . Fr .- " That comes in the very nick of time ; in pudding - time . " Celebrare domestica facta . Lat . HORACE . [ Those poets do well , who ] seek a subject ...
... pass some day or other : All in good time . ” Cela vient comme marée en carême . Fr .- " That comes in the very nick of time ; in pudding - time . " Celebrare domestica facta . Lat . HORACE . [ Those poets do well , who ] seek a subject ...
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... pass , it is said to enfilade that pass . troops within its range are enfiladed . Enfin les renards se trouvent chez le pelletier . Fr. prov.- " The foxes find themselves at length at the fellmonger's , skindealer's . " Every fox must ...
... pass , it is said to enfilade that pass . troops within its range are enfiladed . Enfin les renards se trouvent chez le pelletier . Fr. prov.- " The foxes find themselves at length at the fellmonger's , skindealer's . " Every fox must ...
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... pass . away life [ but it is an office of duty , labor , and attention ] . " Epithalamium . From the Gr . " A hymn in honor of a marriage . " Epitome . Gr . in Roman characters . " A summary , abstract , abridgment , a short cut to , or ...
... pass . away life [ but it is an office of duty , labor , and attention ] . " Epithalamium . From the Gr . " A hymn in honor of a marriage . " Epitome . Gr . in Roman characters . " A summary , abstract , abridgment , a short cut to , or ...
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aetas amor ancient animus applied atque bien C'est called character CICERO CLAUDIAN court death dicere EPICURUS evil exemplum expression facit fear feel fool fortune Fr.-The French genius give Greek happy homines homme honor HORACE human Ital JUVENAL king labor Latin Law maxim learned live Lord LUCAN LUCRETIUS magna mali manner matter means ment mihi mind motto multa n'est nature never nihil nisi nulla omnes omnia one's opinion OVID passion PERSIUS person PHAEDRUS philosopher phrase PLAUTUS pleasure poet potest prov proverb PUBLIUS SYRUS quae quam quid QUINTILIAN quod quotation rebus rerum risum Roman saepe Scots law semper SENECA sense SHAKSPEARE sibi signify sine soul Span speak sunt TACITUS TERENCE term thing thou tibi truth vice VIRGIL virtue vita wise word writ writing
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Seite 120 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Seite 25 - This is some fellow, Who, having been praised for bluntness, doth affect A saucy roughness ; and constrains the garb Quite from his nature : ,he cannot flatter, he ! — An honest mind and plain, — he must speak truth ! An they will take it, so ; if not, he's plain.
Seite 184 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Seite 131 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Seite 147 - Est brevitate opus, ut currat sententia neu se Impediat verbis lassas...
Seite 235 - Je suis oiseau, voyez mes ailes— Je suis souris, vivent les rats!
Seite 227 - Inter spem curamque, timores inter et iras, Omnem crede diem tibi diluxisse supremum : Grata superveniet quae non sperabitur hora.
Seite 327 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Seite 160 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Seite 7 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it? no. Doth he hear it? no. 'Tis insensible, then? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living? no. Why? detraction will not suffer it. Therefore I'll none of • it. Honour is a mere scutcheon : and so ends my catechism.